Title
An Unedited Welsh Poem from Peniarth 49: Cywydd y Gal
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1976
Publication Title
Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Volume
7
Issue/No.
1
First Page
15
Last Page
26
Abstract
One of the few surviving examples of Medieval Welsh erotic verse is Cywydd y Gal, or "Poem of the Penis." The poem exists in some eleven manuscripts from the late 15th and 16th centuries, most of which are now housed in the National Library of Wales at Aberysthwyth. In seven of these, including MS. Peniarth 49, the poem is either directly or indirectly ascribed to the 14th century poet Dafydd ap Gqilym, and in the remaining four to the 15th century poetess Gweirful Mechain.1 In this paper I shall be concerned with establishing the authorship of the poem taking into consideration internal linguistic and metrical evidence.
NSUWorks Citation
Doan, J. (1976). An Unedited Welsh Poem from Peniarth 49: Cywydd y Gal. Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 7 (1), 15-26. Retrieved from https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hcas_dhp_facarticles/20
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